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When she found new clothes and an umbrella placed in her mother's bedroom, Scolastica Ghati knew her fate had been decided.
After a 'rite of passage' that included her going through Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), she and other girls were to be paraded through the village wearing the new clothes and carrying the umbrella as people showered them with gifts. The thought of going through this sent shivers down her spine.
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